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Elena Russo talks with Jackie Fogarty, the Learning and Development Director of City Year, about the 189 AmeriCorps members serving in 18 DC schools as tutors and mentors. Also discussed is the Comcast Career Day Event, which will focus on building professional development skills.
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Recorded on: 10/17/17.

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Nearly 14,000 students in Boston are at risk for dropping out of high school before graduation. Nathan O'Leary and Sandra Lopez Burke, Vice President and Executive Director of City Year Boston discuss nearly 3 decades of work towards a solutions.

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According to the International Labor Organization, 27 million people are involved in human trafficking. Laurel Bellows of the American Bar Association's Human Trafficking Task Force addresses this growing trend. To learn more, visit the American Bar Association on the web at www.ambar.org/trafficking

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More than 20 million Americans cope with vision loss, and that number is growing due to baby boomers reaching retirement age and beyond and higher survival rates for premature babies, many with multiple disabilities. Paul Schroeder of American Foundation for the Blind discusses efforts to be sure that technology is accessible to this population.
Schroeder stated, "Vision loss...can be very tough and it is difficult for people to adjust to. Most people lose their site... as they are aging."
Visit American Foundation for the Blind at www.AFB.org.

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